ABDA-CBI-SEAC. Book thread.

Discussion in 'Books, Films, TV, Radio' started by wtid45, Nov 3, 2010.

  1. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    "From Pyramid to Pagoda"

    Crikey gents, I see what you mean about the price of this book, out and about on the Internet!
     
  2. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    The old database has been saved and added to the new Resources section as excel spreadsheet.
    Bibliographies: ABDA-CBI-SEAC

    If anyone ever wants to upload an updated version, feel free to go ahead. I can always hide the outdated version.
     
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  3. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    Thanks Diane. I have downloaded the Excel already. Might give it a go some time in the future.

    Steve
     
  4. wtid45

    wtid45 Very Senior Member

    Hey Sol, should of known you would have your finger on the pulses with this one.... and Bamboo everything is expensive!
     
  5. wtid45

    wtid45 Very Senior Member

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  6. Warlord

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  7. wtid45

    wtid45 Very Senior Member

    Finally picked up Volumes 1&2 of Bloody Shambles to go with Volume 3 that fills a gap in my Burma library!
     
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  8. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    I still do not have any of these titles!!:rolleyes:
     
  9. wtid45

    wtid45 Very Senior Member

    Just picked up Chhe- Satt had it in mind for a while and a nice tie into my recent read of End game Burma, also I'm working back up the Mandalay road from Mandalay Hill/Fort Duffrein, Those that know will understand!
     
  10. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    Picked up Behind Enemy Lines, Burma 1944, from eBay a few weeks ago. It is the memoir of Pte. Arthur Harry Isaac, a soldier with the 7th Leicesters on Chindit 2.
     
  11. wtid45

    wtid45 Very Senior Member

    It all takes time eh Steve, I Scirted round them for a while but it is as you know always good to fill the gaps.Hope your good mate.
     
  12. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    Certainly does mate. Is it an Infantryman's grandson's way of avoiding these RAF types??;) Only joking I love the Flyers really. I'm good Jason, hope you and the family are too. For a fleeting moment, you, me and Enes were all on line together, what's the chances?
     
  13. wtid45

    wtid45 Very Senior Member

    Thing I found is that I sometimes forget the role of other services when your focus is in one area, so having recently read more how much the RAF and others flew air support by way of bombing runs over Mandalay Hill...I felt it was time to complete the Bloody shambles set.Let's hope we can all be back on here together...I'm back in the saddle!
     
  14. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    No Chindit soldier would ever overlook the critical role of the RAF or USAAF in the Burma campaign. They owed their very existence to their daring deeds, flying through all weathers.

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  15. Warlord

    Warlord Veteran wannabe

    Lads, I will try again :(: Does any of you happen to know about books like "The Little Men", but during another time of the campaign, like the retreat, or First Arakan?

    This is a link to the post where said book is mentioned:

    What are you reading at the moment?
     
  16. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    Hi Alberto,

    Enes would be the man to answer your query. The only similar type of book I can think of is: No Mandalay, No Maymyo, by Captain Gerald Fitzpatrick. This covers his time during the retreat and before with the 2 KOYLI.

    I am guessing that you already know of this title.

    Another book about the same battalion is: Burma 1942, Memories of a Retreat, by R.E.S. Tanner.
     
  17. sol

    sol Very Senior Member

    Good pick. Chhe-Satt is a nice books, something like unofficial history of the battalion.
     
  18. idler

    idler GeneralList

    There's
     
  19. sol

    sol Very Senior Member

    Personal account about Burma 1942 or First Arakan? If you are looking for a book that was as well written and detailed as Cooper's "The Little Men" about these two events i doubt that you many (if any).

    Burma 1942

    I heard that "Mountain Battery" by Carmichael is a good book but I didn't read it. He served as a officer in the Indian Mountain Artillery in Burma during 1942. Some of my favorite books are Randle's "Battle Tales from Burma" (in which only several stories are about 1942 events) and Kinloch's "Tales from a Crowded Life" (only several chapters are dedicated to his service with Gurkhas but in one of them he describe his experience at Sittang). There were several others that give short stories from that period but I don't know are they worth to you to spend money on the books that only have some 20 to 40 pages out of maybe 150 to 200 dedicated to their war experience. Some books are already mentioned here and it will took some time to mention it all again. If you give me some specific event/battle/unit maybe I could give you some suggestions.

    Arakan 1943

    Well I don't know if there is the campaign in whole ww2 in which the British and Indian forces took part that was less covered then Arakan 1943 campaign. It was almost totally neglected and very few books were dedicated to it. Probably because it was disastrous defeat but also number of units that took part in operations is relatively limited, just one division even though at one point it have no less then six brigades under its command. I know only two account that, very briefly, that mentioned the First Arakan. Leathart's "With the Gurkhas", who served with 3/9th Gurkha Rifles and who arrived in Arakan almost at the end of the campaign. Second is "Prender's Progress" by Prendergast who served in 1/15th Punjub Regiment but joined the battalion late in the campaign. "Prender's Progress" is very good book which I definitely recommend and I think you will find it interesting.

    Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. Feel free to ask if you want more info.

    Cheers
    Enes
     
  20. sol

    sol Very Senior Member

    It's quite rare book and very hard to find. I personally never read it and don't know how good it is. Don't remember if I ever saw any available online. Did you read it is it any good?
     

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